Extraordinary times.
Called for extraordinary measures.
Humanity now faced a crisis of life and death. There was no need for so many dissenting voices.
By establishing the Qianyuan Sacred Ground.
Qin Shujian intended to ensure that the entire cultivation world had only one voice—his, the Qin Emperor's. That would be enough.
Great Zhao also had only one voice: Emperor Zhao's.
As for the rest.
Anyone who refused to obey would simply be killed.
The Eastern Continent held hundreds of millions of humans.
Even exterminating every sect would not affect the bigger picture. There were only a handful of heavenly beings among them anyway. Once war truly broke out, these cultivators would all be mere cannon fodder.
Since that was the case.
He might as well clear away all these stumbling blocks.
Even if this decision.
Would cost millions of lives, Qin Shujian would not hesitate.
"I am the emperor of humanity, and humanity alone!"
Qin Shujian recalled his conversation with Xia Yi in the Void Turbulence.
He was the emperor of humanity.
Not the emperor of any single individual.
If sacrificing a small number of people would give humanity a better future, Qin Shujian would do it without hesitation.
Inside the hall.
Yin Bancheng and the others had shown that they understood the situation.
Otherwise.
Had they stood up, Qin Shujian would still have shown no mercy.
"From this day forward, all sects shall be incorporated into the Qianyuan Sacred Ground. Henceforth, the Eastern Continent shall no longer be divided into sects. I do not truly intend to eradicate your legacies, but these are extraordinary times, and extraordinary measures are necessary."
Qin Shujian spoke.
"But as I have said, each sect may preserve a branch of its legacy within the sacred ground as a symbol of its foundation. All cultivation